I have never sung "Give me that old time religion" in a Catholic church.

Today's Gospel describes the magi meeting King Herod but not the brutal infanticide he is said to

Simeon and Anna had been waiting a very long time for consolation, for redemption;

In the poem The Annunciation, Laurie Scheck imagines Mary's emotion and inner awareness as she listens to Gabriel:

This season of Advent offers us the opportunity to reflect

The first reading on this second Sunday in Advent contains my favorite verse in the entire Bible:

Winter is coming - so I would like to take this opportunity to thank

There is a shady part of the back yard where I could get nothing to grow.

Believing he has a harsh master, one of the servants in this parable buries the talent he was given.

Today's first reading assures us that wisdom is "found by those who seek her."

A friend of mine set out a bird feeder in her backyard.

Thus says the Lord: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien...You shall not wrong any widow or orphan."

The question posed to Jesus was designed for only two answers...

“The kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea which collects fish of every kind. When it is full, they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away.”

As you may have noticed, the amount of time I give to watching television has increased during this global pandemic.

Aware that my four-year-old neighbor had developed an interest in coins,

Our ways are not God's ways, as Jesus' parabel makes clear.

The husband of a dear friend was recently in a very serious accident.

My husband and I recently took a trip to visit our son.

As I read James Martin's line, "God celebrates individuality,"